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Dosage Calculation Practice 1. The cardiac patient is to receive Cardizem 5 mg IVP. The vial contains 10 mg/2 ml. How many ml will you give?

2. The patient is to take Aspirin gr. X. The bottle contains Aspirin 300 mg tablets. How many tablets should he take?

3. Digoxin 125 mcg is ordered IVP every a.m. The vial contains 0.5 mg in 2 ml. How many ml will you give?

4. The pre-op patient is ordered Atropine gr. 1/150 IM. The vial contains Atropine 0.4 mg in 1 ml. How much will you give?

5. The patient is to receive Heparin 1500 units/hr by IV infusion. The IV contains 25,000 units of Heparin in 250 ml of D5W. At what rate should you set the IV pump (ml/hr)?

6. The IV with Nitroglycerin is infusing at 6 ml/hr. The concentration of the IV is 50 mg in 250 ml of D5W. How many mg/hr is the patient receiving?

7. The patient is ordered an IV of 1000 ml of Normal Saline over 8 hours. At what rate would you set the IV pump (ml/hr)? How many drops per minute would you set the gravity IV tubing with a drip factor of 15 drops/ml? If the current IV bag was started at 1300, what time would you hang the next bag?

8. The patient with an infection is to receive an IVPB of Ampicillin 500 mg in 50 ml over 30 minutes. At what rate would you set the pump?

9. An IVPB of Vancomycin 1 gram in 250 ml is to infuse over 90 minutes. At what rate should the pump be set?

10. The patient is ordered Fortaz 250 mg IM. The vial contains 500 mg powder with directions to add 1.5 ml of sterile water for a total volume of 1.8 ml. How many ml will you administer?

11. The physician ordered an IV of Dobutamine at 5 mcg/Kg/min. The patient weighs 198 lbs. The IV solution is 500 mg Dobutamine in 250 ml D5W. How many ml/hr should the pump be set?

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Answers to Dosage Calculation Practice Problems The answers and one way of calculating the practice problems are provided. Remember, work the problems first, then check your answers. 1. Answer: 1 ml. 10 mg : 2 ml = 5 mg : x ml 10 x = 10 x=1 1 grain = 60 mg 10 grains = 600 mg 1 mg = 1000 mcg 1gr = 60 mg 1/150 gr - .4 mg 300 mg : 1 tab = 600 mg: x tabs

2. Answer: 2 tablets

3. Answer: 0.5 ml 4. Answer: 1 ml

0.5 mg : 2 ml = .125 mg : x ml 0.4 mg : 1 ml = 0.4 mg : x ml

5. Answer: 15 ml/hr

25,000 units : 250 ml = 1500 units : x ml Note: remember a pump setting is always ml / hour 50 mg : 250 ml = x mg : 6 ml 1000 ml 8 hrs 125 ml 60 min x 15 gtts/ml 1300 + 8 hrs 50 ml : 30 min = x ml : 60 min 250 ml : 90min = x ml : 60 min 500 mg : 1.8 ml = 250 mg : x ml 198 lbs 2.2 lbs/Kg = 90 Kg 90 Kg x 5 mcg/min = 4500 mg/min 4500 mcg 1000 mcg/mg = 0.45 mg/min 500 mg : 250 ml = 0.45 mg : x ml x = .0225 ml/min .0225 ml/min x 60 min in hr = 13.5 = 14 ml/hr

6. Answer: 1.2 mg/hr 7. Answer: 125 ml/hr 31 gtts/min 2100 8. Answer: 100 ml/hr 9. Answer: 167 ml/hr 10. Answer: 0.9 ml 11. Answer: 14 ml/hr

Refer to the guidelines for rounding dosage calculations included here. These are the same throughout the Nursing Program.